A Novel True Triaxial Apparatus to Study the Geomechanical and Fluid Flow Aspects of Energy Exploitations in Geological Formations

• Published in: Rock mechanics and rock engineering Vol. 49; no. 12; pp. 4647 - 4659
• Main Authors: Li, Minghui, Yin, Guangzhi, Xu, Jiang, Li, Wenpu, Song, Zhenlong, Jiang, Changbao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna Springer Vienna 01.12.2016; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Carbon dioxide; Civil Engineering; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Flow system; Fluid flow; Fluid mechanics; Geophysics/Geodesy; Hydraulic fracturing; Mechanical properties; Natural gas; Original Paper; Permeability; Rocks; Sandstone; Shales; Rock mechanics; Permeability; True triaxial; Geomechanical properties; Shale

Fluid–solid coupling investigations of the geological storage of CO 2 , efficient unconventional oil and natural gas exploitations are mostly conducted under conventional triaxial stress conditions ( σ 2  =  σ 3 ), ignoring the effects of σ 2 on the geomechanical properties and permeability of rocks...